EP1243521A1 - Locating tray for containers, bundle of containers having such a tray, and method for forming such bundle - Google Patents

Locating tray for containers, bundle of containers having such a tray, and method for forming such bundle Download PDF

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EP1243521A1
EP1243521A1 EP02290577A EP02290577A EP1243521A1 EP 1243521 A1 EP1243521 A1 EP 1243521A1 EP 02290577 A EP02290577 A EP 02290577A EP 02290577 A EP02290577 A EP 02290577A EP 1243521 A1 EP1243521 A1 EP 1243521A1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D71/00Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/06Packaging elements holding or encircling completely or almost completely the bundle of articles, e.g. wrappers
    • B65D71/063Wrappers formed by one or more films or the like, e.g. nets
    • B65D71/066Wrappers formed by one or more films or the like, e.g. nets and provided with inserts
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D65/00Wrappers or flexible covers; Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/38Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/40Applications of laminates for particular packaging purposes
    • B65D65/403Applications of laminates for particular packaging purposes with at least one corrugated layer
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2571/00Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans, pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D2571/00006Palletisable loads, i.e. loads intended to be transported by means of a fork-lift truck
    • B65D2571/00012Bundles surrounded by a film
    • B65D2571/00018Bundles surrounded by a film under tension

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  • the present invention relates to the packaging of containers, for example of boxes or containers of liquid, in particular containers liquid food known as "cans"; it consists in particular in a positioning plate suitable for positioning of juxtaposed container type “cans” to facilitate their wrapping in a plastic envelope or cover or even possibly in cardboard to form a package, and to secure their transport thus conditioned; it also consists of a package of containers known as a "pack” comprising such a plate, and a container packaging process implemented by means of a such a positioning plate, in order to form such a package.
  • Bulk packaging in cartons avoids sliding containers against each other once wrapped, condition to create in the initial cardboard sheet, openings arranged suitably to coincide with protruding regions of the containers so that once the box is folded around the group of containers, these protruding regions protrude through the openings towards the outside of the carton and thus the containers are prevented from move in the carton and deform it; he is also necessary to create in the initial cardboard sheet a system of slits and tabs adapted to "lock" the carton after wrapping of containers. On the other hand, the mutual displacement of containers until their protruding regions have entered the corresponding openings are difficult to avoid.
  • the object of the invention is to remedy these drawbacks and more precisely to allow to wrap containers in quantity avoiding their movement prior to their wrapping, during the latter, and also later, without requiring the use of a machine extremely powerful.
  • the invention relates to a positioning plate for containers having a core made up of at least one sheet of material corrugated and two exterior cladding sheets each made of material without corrugations and which are glued on each side and on the other side of the core, a face of the plate having hollow imprints for positioning the containers, characterized in that the indentations in hollows each extend over an area bounded by at least one line contour along which the outer covering sheet of said face is cut right through or grooved, surface under which the undulations of the sheet of corrugated material are at least partially crushed.
  • the invention also relates to a package of containers comprising at least minus a positioning plate as defined above and containers each having a bottom resting on the surface of an imprint externally bordered by said contour line, and a cover made of material synthetic at least partially surrounding the assembly formed by the plate and the containers.
  • the cover in synthetic material is for example in a material shrink.
  • the invention also relates to a packet forming method. of containers, characterized in that one forms, recessed in one side a plate comprising a core consisting of at least one sheet of material corrugated and two exterior cladding sheets each made of material without corrugations and which are glued on each side and on the other side of the core, positioning imprints of the containers that each constitutes by cutting the covering sheet from said face of right through along at least one cutting line or by creasing the sheet to constitute at least one grooved line in order to delimit the surface of the imprint and at least partially crushing the undulations of the sheet of corrugated material under the surface delimited by said at least one line so that it constitutes at least part of a line of footprint outline defining a surface under which the undulations are at least partially crushed, containers with each a background on the surface of the imprints so that the bottom is bordered at least externally by the contour line, and we wrap at least partially the assembly formed by the plate and the containers by means of a plastic cover.
  • lines are formed in the plate transverse of least resistance, and before wrapping the whole formed by the plate and the containers by means of a cover, the plate, along this line of least resistance, on the side of the face comprising the imprints, to constitute end partitions transverse of the package.
  • the positioning plate shown in the figures is intended to enter into the constitution of a package of containers known as the name of "pack”, in particular of containers in the form of containers metallic generally cylindrical in shape known as “cans", this package including, in addition to the containers and this plate as base support on which the bottom of these rests, a material cover synthetic for example heat shrinkable at least partially surrounding the assembly formed by the plate and the containers.
  • a package of containers known as the name of "pack”
  • this package including, in addition to the containers and this plate as base support on which the bottom of these rests, a material cover synthetic for example heat shrinkable at least partially surrounding the assembly formed by the plate and the containers.
  • This plate has a multilayer structure, and more precisely comprises a core consisting of at least one sheet 1A in corrugated material, and outer covering sheets 1B, 1C formed each of material without corrugations and which are glued respectively on either side of the soul; the core here consisting of a single corrugated sheet 1A and the two covering sheets 1B, 1C are for example made of cardboard.
  • the plate has a face 10 having hollow recesses footprints 11 for positioning the containers intended to receive engagement relationship the bottom of these, in order to prevent the containers from slide on the plate and so move relative to each other at less of exerting a noticeable lateral thrust on them, either before their wrapping, at the time of it, and once they are wrapped.
  • the plate has a number of intaglio prints 11 equal to number of containers intended to form part of the package, per example, as in figure 1, twelve fingerprints divided into three lines longitudinal lines of four footprints also aligned transversely to form four straight lines of three fingerprints.
  • the imprints each extend over a surface delimited by at minus a contour line 12 along which the covering sheet 1C side 10 is cut right through, surface under which the corrugations of the sheet of corrugated material 1A are at least partially crushed in such a way that the imprint has a depth of at least minus a few tenths of a millimeter.
  • the contour line 12 may not be a cut line but a grooved line, along which the ripples are crushed.
  • the undulations under the area delimited by the contour line (s) can be overwritten all, or can only be creased in one direction secant from the direction of the undulations. In the form of embodiment of FIGS.
  • the surface under which the corrugations are at least partially crushed is limited by a single exterior contour, but it is also possible to provide such a surface delimited by two contour lines, the second contour line extending internally at the first, and may also be a line along which the sheet is cut right through, or a grooved line.
  • the bottom of the containers here approximately cylindrical in front be positioned by the plate having a circumferential rib of diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the containers, the indentations are of substantially circular shape, and their contour line 12 is entirely or over most of its length an arc of circumference whose diameter is slightly greater than that of the rib and less than that of the approximately cylindrical periphery of the containers.
  • this last may be a circumference approximately concentric to the outer contour line 12, and the area under which the undulations are at least partially crushed then extends approximately in annular crown shape.
  • contour line 12 In a particular application to containers of classic sodas or mineral water, contour line 12 has an approximate diameter of 53 mm; in this app, it is possible to provide another contour line extending internally at the contour line 12, about ten millimeters from it.
  • the spacing between the cavities is identical here in the longitudinal and transverse directions of the plate, and chosen such so that the roughly cylindrical edges here of containers positioned by the footprints are in contact in these two directions.
  • the plate of roughly rectangular general shape, has two longitudinal edges each consisting alternately of rectilinear segment and an arcuate segment, as we will see below, extending in the same direction as the longitudinal lines of impressions, and two rectilinear transverse edges extending in the same direction as the transverse lines of footprints.
  • the footprints of the two longitudinal lines footprints closest to the two longitudinal edges respectively of the plate have part of their contour line which is in arc of circumference 121, and also a line segment portion 122 which also constitutes part of the contour line of the plate.
  • the line segment portion 122 can be intersecting at the arc of circumference 121 of said contour; alternatively, it can be approximately tangent to the arc of circumference or not to cut it, but be connected to it for example by two tangents 123; in addition, the contour of the end imprints of each of the two lines longitudinal of footprints which are closest respectively to two longitudinal edges of the plate has an arc portion 124 of circumference which also forms part of the contour line of the plate, connected to the line segment part 122 of the outline of the same footprint.
  • straight segments of the longitudinal edges of the plate are not limited to the straight line parts of the contour of each imprint, each of these parts being extended externally to the imprint, towards the line segment part of the contour of the neighboring footprint, without reaching it, by an additional line segment 101.
  • each longitudinal edge of the plate are connected to each other by a notch 102 of the plate, having an arched bottom connected by two tangent sides respectively to two straight segments of the neighboring edge; each of these two sides tangent to the arched bottom of the notch 102 intersects the projection on the plate, around the containers near the notch.
  • the periphery of the containers positioned by the indentations protrude from the longitudinal edges of the plate, from one part of arcuate circumference 124 to the other included, except in the arched bottom of the notches 102; it follows that the cover in synthetic material of the package does not have to follow the shapes of the song of longitudinal edges of the plate and in particular the sharp corners of this edge, and we can note that synthetic material, generally heat-shrinkable, constituting the cover, does not retract between the enough containers to come into contact with the bottom edge, at remaining arched, notches; thus, the risks of tearing the cover are minimized.
  • the end regions of the longitudinal edges of the plate are rectilinear segments 103 connecting to the arcuate parts of circumference 124 of the outline of the imprints, located in the extension of the diameter of the imprints which is parallel to the line segment 122 of them.
  • a line of less resistance extends between the straight segments 103 of the regions ends of the longitudinal edges; the two lines of least resistance thus define with the corresponding transverse free edge of the plate, two end strips 104 forming an integral part of the plate, extending parallel to each other, foldable around the line of less resistance.
  • the line of least resistance has slots 105 aligned crossing the plate right through; between the slots 105, cut-outs U 106 delimiting tabs 107 are formed by through slots also the plate right through.
  • the end strips 104 are thus adapted to be folded to 90 ° on the side of the face 10 of the plate which includes the imprints 11, for constitute partitions of transverse ends of the package; the extremities free tabs 107 are then projecting from the opposite side of the plate and allow correct positioning of the package on another package identical.
  • One or more fingerprints for example, as in the figures, two indentations arranged symmetrically with respect to the center of the plate, are pierced right through by a light 13 making it possible to read the barcode printed under the container positioned in the imprint.
  • This light can for example have the shape of an ellipse whose major axis extends in the same direction as the transverse edges of the plate ( Figure 1) or that the longitudinal edges thereof.
  • indentations 11 for positioning containers that are each formed by cutting the sheet of coating 1 C of this face 10 right through along at least one line cutting or creasing the sheet to form at least one creased line in order to delimit the surface of the footprint and by crushing at least partially the corrugations of sheet 1A of corrugated material on the surface delimited by said at least one line so that the latter constitutes an outline of the imprint delimiting a surface under which the ripples are at least partially crushed.
  • part of the contour line 12 of the imprints which constitutes furthermore, part of the contour line of the plate is not a segment on the right but an arc of circumference, and the notches are also in an arc of circumference, so that each of the two edges longitudinal of the plate is made up alternately of arcuate segments in opposite directions and connecting continuously, for example arcs of tangent circumference.
  • Such an embodiment can be devoid of end strips, the transverse edges of the plate then being formed in the same way as the longitudinal edges, alternating of arcuate segments in opposite directions respectively bordering the footprints and indentations.

Abstract

The panel is made from a core of a corrugated material between two plain layers that are stuck to the core, and has one surface impressed to receive the bottoms of the cans. The impressions (11) have circular edges (12), forming round areas in which the corrugations are completely crushed in the centre and partially round the outside. Each end of the panel has a projecting strip (104) with slits (105) and rectangular U-shaped cuts (106) that allow them to be folded.

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La présente invention concerne le conditionnement de récipients, par exemple de boítes ou conteneurs de liquide, notamment des conteneurs de liquide alimentaire connus sous le nom de « cans » ; elle consiste notamment en une plaque de positionnement adaptée pour positionner de manière juxtaposée des récipients du type « cans » afin de faciliter leur enveloppement dans une enveloppe ou housse en matière synthétique ou même éventuellement en cartonnage pour former un paquet, et de sécuriser leur transport ainsi conditionnés ; elle consiste également en un paquet de récipients connu sous le nom de « pack » comportant une telle plaque, et un procédé de conditionnement de récipients mis en oeuvre au moyen d'une telle plaque de positionnement, afin de former un tel paquet.The present invention relates to the packaging of containers, for example of boxes or containers of liquid, in particular containers liquid food known as "cans"; it consists in particular in a positioning plate suitable for positioning of juxtaposed container type "cans" to facilitate their wrapping in a plastic envelope or cover or even possibly in cardboard to form a package, and to secure their transport thus conditioned; it also consists of a package of containers known as a "pack" comprising such a plate, and a container packaging process implemented by means of a such a positioning plate, in order to form such a package.

Actuellement, le conditionnement en quantité, sous feuille en matière synthétique, de récipients tels que des cans ou des bouteilles, nécessite d'importantes précautions afin d'empêcher que les récipients, même en contact mutuel, se déplacent les uns par rapport aux autres préalablement à et lors de leur enveloppement en commun par la même feuille en matière synthétique. Pour éviter le glissement des récipients les uns contre les autres une fois enveloppés, il est nécessaire que la feuille d'enveloppement soit en matériau très étirable à froid, ou thermorétractable.Currently, the packaging in quantity, in sheet in synthetic material, containers such as cans or bottles, requires significant precautions to prevent containers, even in mutual contact, move relative to each other prior to and during their joint wrapping by the same plastic sheet. To avoid slipping of the containers, against each other once wrapped, it is necessary that the sheet wrapping is made of very cold stretch material, or heat shrinkable.

Le conditionnement en quantité sous cartonnage permet d'éviter le glissement des récipients les uns contre les autres une fois enveloppés, à condition de créer dans la feuille de carton initiale, des ouvertures disposées convenablement pour coïncider avec des régions saillantes des récipients de telle manière qu'une fois le carton replié autour du groupe de récipients, ces régions saillantes fassent proéminence à travers les ouvertures vers l'extérieur du cartonnage et qu'ainsi les récipients soient empêchés de se déplacer dans le cartonnage et de déformer celui-ci ; il est également nécessaire de créer dans la feuille de carton initiale un système de fentes et de languettes adapté pour « verrouiller » le cartonnage après enveloppement des récipients. En revanche, le déplacement mutuel des récipients tant que leurs régions saillantes n'ont pas pénétré dans les ouvertures correspondantes reste difficile à éviter. Bulk packaging in cartons avoids sliding containers against each other once wrapped, condition to create in the initial cardboard sheet, openings arranged suitably to coincide with protruding regions of the containers so that once the box is folded around the group of containers, these protruding regions protrude through the openings towards the outside of the carton and thus the containers are prevented from move in the carton and deform it; he is also necessary to create in the initial cardboard sheet a system of slits and tabs adapted to "lock" the carton after wrapping of containers. On the other hand, the mutual displacement of containers until their protruding regions have entered the corresponding openings are difficult to avoid.

On connaít également des paquets de récipients comprenant un cartonnage de base comportant une âme en carton ondulé et une housse en matière synthétique enveloppant entièrement le cartonnage et les récipients, dont une face du cartonnage présente des empreintes constituées chacune par une ligne en creux s'étendant circonférentiellement le long de laquelle les ondulations de l'âme ondulée sont écrasées, empreintes dans lesquelles les nervures annulaires respectives des fonds des conteneurs sont reçues lors de la dépose des conteneurs sur le cartonnage. Cependant, de telles lignes écrasées ne positionnent pas très efficacement les conteneurs.We also know packages of containers comprising a basic carton with a core of corrugated cardboard and a cover in synthetic material completely enveloping the carton and containers, of which one side of the carton has imprints each made up by a hollow line extending circumferentially along which the undulations of the corrugated core are crushed, imprints in which the respective annular ribs of the container bottoms are received when depositing the containers on the carton. However, such crushed lines do not position containers very effectively.

L'invention a pour but de remédier à ces inconvénients et plus précisément de permettre d'envelopper des récipients en quantité en évitant leur déplacement préalablement à leur enveloppement, lors de celui-ci, et également ultérieurement, sans nécessiter l'emploi d'une machine extrêmement puissante.The object of the invention is to remedy these drawbacks and more precisely to allow to wrap containers in quantity avoiding their movement prior to their wrapping, during the latter, and also later, without requiring the use of a machine extremely powerful.

A cette fin, l'invention concerne une plaque de positionnement de récipients comportant une âme constituée au moins d'une feuille en matériau ondulé et deux feuilles de revêtement extérieur constituées chacune en matériau sans ondulations et qui sont collées respectivement de part et d'autre de l'âme, une face de la plaque présentant en creux des empreintes de positionnement des récipients, caractérisée en ce que les empreintes en creux s'étendent chacune sur une surface délimitée par au moins une ligne de contour le long de laquelle la feuille de revêtement extérieur de ladite face est découpée de part en part ou rainée, surface sous laquelle les ondulations de la feuille en matériau ondulé sont au moins partiellement écrasées.To this end, the invention relates to a positioning plate for containers having a core made up of at least one sheet of material corrugated and two exterior cladding sheets each made of material without corrugations and which are glued on each side and on the other side of the core, a face of the plate having hollow imprints for positioning the containers, characterized in that the indentations in hollows each extend over an area bounded by at least one line contour along which the outer covering sheet of said face is cut right through or grooved, surface under which the undulations of the sheet of corrugated material are at least partially crushed.

Grâce à cette configuration, les récipients posés sur la plaque de telle manière que leur fond soit en relation d'engagement chacun avec une empreinte de celle-ci, sont empêchés de glisser sur la plaque et ainsi de se déplacer les uns par rapport aux autres, à moins d'exercer sur eux une poussée latérale d'intensité notable.Thanks to this configuration, the containers placed on the plate in such a way that their background is in a relationship of engagement each with a imprint thereof, are prevented from sliding on the plate and thus from move relative to each other, unless exercising on them lateral thrust of notable intensity.

La plaque peut présenter une ou plusieurs des caractéristiques suivantes:

  • les ondulations sous ladite surface sous laquelle les ondulations sont au moins partiellement écrasées, sont écrasées en totalité ;
  • la surface sous laquelle les ondulations sont au moins partiellement écrasées est rainée.
  • la surface sous laquelle les ondulations sont au moins partiellement écrasées est en outre délimitée par une deuxième ligne de contour s'étendant intérieurement à la ligne de contour le long de laquelle la feuille de revêtement extérieur est découpée ou rainée, et cette deuxième ligne de contour est elle même une ligne le long de laquelle cette feuille est découpée de part en part ou rainée ;
  • la surface sous laquelle les ondulations sont au moins partiellement écrasées s'étend approximativement en forme de couronne circulaire ;
  • elle présente des empreintes dont une ou plusieurs parties de la ligne de contour constituent une partie de la ligne de contour de la plaque ;
  • elle comporte deux bandes d'extrémités faisant partie intégrante de la plaque et s'étendant parallèlement l'une à l'autre, dont un bord libre constitue une partie de la ligne de contour de la plaque et dont un bord parallèle à ce bord libre est constitué par une ligne de moindre résistance adaptée pour constituer une ligne de pliage de la plaque ;
  • la ligne de moindre résistance comporte des fentes alignées traversant la plaque de part en part ;
  • elle comporte, entre les fentes alignées, des découpes en U délimitant des languettes et formées par des fentes traversant la plaque de part en part ;
  • elle comporte au moins une et de préférence deux empreintes présentant une lumière approximativement centrale ;
  • les empreintes sont sensiblement en forme de cercles ;
  • la ligne de contour de la plaque comporte des échancrures s'étendant chacune entre des empreintes dont une ou plusieurs parties de la ligne de contour constituent une partie de la ligne de contour de la plaque ;
  • elle comporte au moins un bord constitué en alternance d'un segment rectiligne et d'un segment arqué ;
  • elle comporte au moins un bord constitué en alternance de segments arqués en sens inverses ; et
  • elle est constituée de feuilles en carton.
The plate may have one or more of the following characteristics:
  • the undulations under said surface under which the undulations are at least partially crushed, are completely crushed;
  • the surface under which the corrugations are at least partially flattened is grooved.
  • the surface under which the corrugations are at least partially flattened is further delimited by a second contour line extending internally to the contour line along which the outer covering sheet is cut or grooved, and this second contour line is itself a line along which this sheet is cut right through or grooved;
  • the surface under which the corrugations are at least partially flattened extends approximately in the form of a circular crown;
  • it has imprints of which one or more parts of the contour line constitute a part of the contour line of the plate;
  • it comprises two end strips forming an integral part of the plate and extending parallel to each other, one free edge of which forms part of the contour line of the plate and one edge of which is parallel to this free edge is constituted by a line of least resistance adapted to constitute a line for folding the plate;
  • the line of least resistance has aligned slots passing right through the plate;
  • it comprises, between the aligned slots, U-shaped cutouts delimiting tongues and formed by slots passing right through the plate;
  • it comprises at least one and preferably two imprints having an approximately central light;
  • the imprints are substantially in the form of circles;
  • the contour line of the plate has notches each extending between indentations, one or more parts of the contour line constituting a part of the contour line of the plate;
  • it comprises at least one edge formed alternately of a straight segment and of an arcuate segment;
  • it comprises at least one edge constituted alternately of arcuate segments in opposite directions; and
  • it consists of cardboard sheets.

L'invention concerne aussi un paquet de récipients comportant au moins une plaque de positionnement telle que définie ci-dessus et des récipients présentant chacun un fond reposant sur la surface d'une empreinte bordée extérieurement par ladite ligne de contour, et une housse en matière synthétique entourant au moins partiellement l'ensemble formé par la plaque et les récipients.The invention also relates to a package of containers comprising at least minus a positioning plate as defined above and containers each having a bottom resting on the surface of an imprint externally bordered by said contour line, and a cover made of material synthetic at least partially surrounding the assembly formed by the plate and the containers.

La housse en matière synthétique est par exemple en une matière thermorétractable.The cover in synthetic material is for example in a material shrink.

L'invention concerne également un procédé de formation de paquets de récipients, caractérisé en ce que l'on forme, en creux dans une face d'une plaque comportant une âme constituée au moins d'une feuille en matériau ondulé et deux feuilles de revêtement extérieur constituées chacune en matériau sans ondulations et qui sont collées respectivement de part et d'autre de l'âme, des empreintes de positionnement des récipients que l'on constitue chacune en découpant la feuille de revêtement de ladite face de part en part le long d'au moins une ligne de découpe ou en rainant la feuille pour constituer au moins une ligne rainée afin de délimiter la surface de l'empreinte et en écrasant au moins partiellement les ondulations de la feuille en matériau ondulé sous la surface délimitée par ladite au moins une ligne de manière que celle-ci constitue au moins une partie d'une ligne de contour d'empreinte délimitant une surface sous laquelle les ondulations sont au moins partiellement écrasées, on dispose des récipients présentant chacun un fond sur la surface des empreintes de manière que le fond soit bordé au moins extérieurement par la ligne de contour, et on enveloppe au moins partiellement l'ensemble formé par la plaque et les récipients au moyen d'une housse en matière synthétique.The invention also relates to a packet forming method. of containers, characterized in that one forms, recessed in one side a plate comprising a core consisting of at least one sheet of material corrugated and two exterior cladding sheets each made of material without corrugations and which are glued on each side and on the other side of the core, positioning imprints of the containers that each constitutes by cutting the covering sheet from said face of right through along at least one cutting line or by creasing the sheet to constitute at least one grooved line in order to delimit the surface of the imprint and at least partially crushing the undulations of the sheet of corrugated material under the surface delimited by said at least one line so that it constitutes at least part of a line of footprint outline defining a surface under which the undulations are at least partially crushed, containers with each a background on the surface of the imprints so that the bottom is bordered at least externally by the contour line, and we wrap at least partially the assembly formed by the plate and the containers by means of a plastic cover.

Selon une caractéristique de l'invention, avant de disposer des récipients sur la surface de l'empreinte, on forme dans la plaque des lignes transversales de moindre résistance, et avant d'envelopper l'ensemble formé par la plaque et les récipients au moyen d'une housse, on plie la plaque, le long de cette ligne de moindre résistance, du côté de la face comportant les empreintes, pour constituer des cloisons d'extrémités transversales du paquet.According to a characteristic of the invention, before having the containers on the surface of the imprint, lines are formed in the plate transverse of least resistance, and before wrapping the whole formed by the plate and the containers by means of a cover, the plate, along this line of least resistance, on the side of the face comprising the imprints, to constitute end partitions transverse of the package.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortiront de la description qui va suivre, d'une forme de réalisation d'une plaque de positionnement selon l'invention, d'un paquet de récipients comportant au moins une telle plaque, et d'un procédé de formation d'un tel paquet mettant en oeuvre une telle plaque ; cette description, faite à titre d'exemple non limitatif, est illustrée par les dessins joints dans lesquels:

  • la figure 1 est une vue en plan de la plaque de positionnement selon l'invention avant tout pliage, et
  • la figure 2 est une section longitudinale de la plaque selon la ligne II-II de la figure 1.
Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge from the description which follows, of an embodiment of a positioning plate according to the invention, of a package of containers comprising at least one such plate, and d 'A method of forming such a package using such a plate; this description, given by way of nonlimiting example, is illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which:
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of the positioning plate according to the invention before any folding, and
  • FIG. 2 is a longitudinal section of the plate along the line II-II of FIG. 1.

La plaque de positionnement représentée sur les figures est destinée à entrer dans la constitution d'un paquet de récipients connu sous le nom de « pack », notamment de récipients sous la forme de conteneurs métalliques de forme générale cylindrique connus sous le nom de « cans », ce paquet comprenant, outre les récipients et cette plaque en tant que support de base sur lequel repose le fond de ceux-ci, une housse en matière synthétique par exemple thermorétractable entourant au moins partiellement l'ensemble formé par la plaque et les récipients.The positioning plate shown in the figures is intended to enter into the constitution of a package of containers known as the name of "pack", in particular of containers in the form of containers metallic generally cylindrical in shape known as "cans", this package including, in addition to the containers and this plate as base support on which the bottom of these rests, a material cover synthetic for example heat shrinkable at least partially surrounding the assembly formed by the plate and the containers.

Cette plaque présente une structure multicouches, et plus précisément comporte une âme constituée au moins d'une feuille 1A en matériau ondulé, et des feuilles 1B, 1C de revêtement extérieur constituées chacune en matériau sans ondulations et qui sont collées respectivement de part et d'autre de l'âme; l'âme constituée ici d'une unique feuille 1A ondulée et les deux feuilles de revêtement 1B, 1C sont par exemple en carton.This plate has a multilayer structure, and more precisely comprises a core consisting of at least one sheet 1A in corrugated material, and outer covering sheets 1B, 1C formed each of material without corrugations and which are glued respectively on either side of the soul; the core here consisting of a single corrugated sheet 1A and the two covering sheets 1B, 1C are for example made of cardboard.

La plaque comporte une face 10 présentant en creux des empreintes 11 de positionnement des récipients destinées à recevoir en relation d'engagement le fond de ceux-ci, afin d'empêcher les récipients de glisser sur la plaque et ainsi de se déplacer les uns par rapport aux autres à moins d'exercer sur eux une poussée latérale d'intensité notable, que ce soit avant leur enveloppement, au moment de celui-ci, et une fois qu'ils sont enveloppés.The plate has a face 10 having hollow recesses footprints 11 for positioning the containers intended to receive engagement relationship the bottom of these, in order to prevent the containers from slide on the plate and so move relative to each other at less of exerting a noticeable lateral thrust on them, either before their wrapping, at the time of it, and once they are wrapped.

La plaque comporte un nombre d'empreintes en creux 11 égal au nombre de récipients destinés à entrer dans la constitution du paquet, par exemple, comme sur la figure 1, douze empreintes réparties en trois lignes droites longitudinales de quatre empreintes également alignées transversalement pour constituer quatre lignes droites transversales de trois empreintes.The plate has a number of intaglio prints 11 equal to number of containers intended to form part of the package, per example, as in figure 1, twelve fingerprints divided into three lines longitudinal lines of four footprints also aligned transversely to form four straight lines of three fingerprints.

Les empreintes s'étendent chacune sur une surface délimitée par au moins une ligne de contour 12 le long de laquelle la feuille de revêtement 1C de la face 10 est découpée de part en part, surface sous laquelle les ondulations de la feuille en matériau ondulé 1A sont au moins partiellement écrasées de telle manière que l'empreinte présente une profondeur d'au moins quelques dixièmes de millimètre. En variante, la ligne de contour 12 peut être non pas une ligne découpée mais une ligne rainée, le long de laquelle les ondulations sont écrasées. Les ondulations situées sous la surface délimitée par la ou les lignes de contour peuvent être écrasées en totalité, ou encore peuvent être seulement rainées dans une direction sécante par rapport à la direction des ondulations. Dans la forme de réalisation des figures 1 et 2, la surface sous laquelle les ondulations sont au moins partiellement écrasées est limitée par un seul contour, extérieur, mais il est également possible de prévoir une telle surface délimitée par deux lignes de contour, la deuxième ligne de contour s'étendant intérieurement à la première, et pouvant être également une ligne le long de laquelle la feuille est découpée de part en part, ou une ligne rainée.The imprints each extend over a surface delimited by at minus a contour line 12 along which the covering sheet 1C side 10 is cut right through, surface under which the corrugations of the sheet of corrugated material 1A are at least partially crushed in such a way that the imprint has a depth of at least minus a few tenths of a millimeter. As a variant, the contour line 12 may not be a cut line but a grooved line, along which the ripples are crushed. The undulations under the area delimited by the contour line (s) can be overwritten all, or can only be creased in one direction secant from the direction of the undulations. In the form of embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2, the surface under which the corrugations are at least partially crushed is limited by a single exterior contour, but it is also possible to provide such a surface delimited by two contour lines, the second contour line extending internally at the first, and may also be a line along which the sheet is cut right through, or a grooved line.

Le fond des conteneurs ici approximativement cylindriques devant être positionnés par la plaque comportant une nervure circonférentielle de diamètre inférieur au diamètre extérieur des conteneurs, les empreintes sont de forme sensiblement circulaire, et leur ligne de contour 12 est en totalité ou sur la plus grande partie de sa longueur un arc de circonférence dont le diamètre est légèrement supérieur à celui de la nervure et inférieur à celui du pourtour approximativement cylindrique des conteneurs. Dans le cas où la surface sous laquelle les ondulations sont au moins partiellement écrasées est en outre limitée par une ligne de contour intérieure, cette dernière peut être une circonférence approximativement concentrique à la ligne de contour extérieure 12, et la surface sous laquelle les ondulations sont au moins partiellement écrasées s'étend alors approximativement en forme de couronne annulaire. Dans une application particulière à des conteneurs de sodas ou d'eau minérale classiques, la ligne de contour 12 présente approximativement un diamètre de 53 mm ; dans cette application, il est possible de prévoir une autre ligne de contour s'étendant intérieurement à la ligne de contour 12, à une dizaine de millimètres de celle-ci. L'écartement entre les empreintes est ici identique dans les directions longitudinale et transversale de la plaque, et choisi de telle manière que les pourtours ici approximativement cylindriques des conteneurs positionnés par les empreintes soient en contact dans ces deux directions.The bottom of the containers here approximately cylindrical in front be positioned by the plate having a circumferential rib of diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the containers, the indentations are of substantially circular shape, and their contour line 12 is entirely or over most of its length an arc of circumference whose diameter is slightly greater than that of the rib and less than that of the approximately cylindrical periphery of the containers. In the case where the surface under which the corrugations are at least partially crushed is further limited by an inner contour line, this last may be a circumference approximately concentric to the outer contour line 12, and the area under which the undulations are at least partially crushed then extends approximately in annular crown shape. In a particular application to containers of classic sodas or mineral water, contour line 12 has an approximate diameter of 53 mm; in this app, it is possible to provide another contour line extending internally at the contour line 12, about ten millimeters from it. The spacing between the cavities is identical here in the longitudinal and transverse directions of the plate, and chosen such so that the roughly cylindrical edges here of containers positioned by the footprints are in contact in these two directions.

La plaque, de forme générale approximativement rectangulaire, présente deux bords longitudinaux constitués chacun en alternance d'un segment rectiligne et d'un segment arqué, comme on le verra dans la suite, s'étendant dans la même direction que les lignes longitudinales d'empreintes, et deux bords transversaux rectilignes s'étendant dans la même direction que les lignes transversales d'empreintes.The plate, of roughly rectangular general shape, has two longitudinal edges each consisting alternately of rectilinear segment and an arcuate segment, as we will see below, extending in the same direction as the longitudinal lines of impressions, and two rectilinear transverse edges extending in the same direction as the transverse lines of footprints.

Plus précisément, les empreintes des deux lignes longitudinales d'empreintes les plus proches respectivement des deux bords longitudinaux de la plaque ont une partie de leur ligne de contour qui est en arc de circonférence 121, et également une partie en segment de droite 122 qui constitue en outre une partie de la ligne de contour de la plaque.More specifically, the footprints of the two longitudinal lines footprints closest to the two longitudinal edges respectively of the plate have part of their contour line which is in arc of circumference 121, and also a line segment portion 122 which also constitutes part of the contour line of the plate.

A cette fin, la partie en segment de droite 122 peut être sécante à l'arc de circonférence 121 dudit contour; en alternative, elle peut être approximativement tangente à l'arc de circonférence ou ne pas le couper, mais lui être raccordée par exemple par deux tangentes 123; en outre, le contour des empreintes d'extrémités de chacune des deux lignes longitudinales d'empreintes qui sont les plus proches respectivement des deux bords longitudinaux de la plaque a une partie 124 en arc de circonférence qui constitue également une partie de la ligne de contour de la plaque, reliée à la partie en segment de droite 122 du contour de la même empreinte.To this end, the line segment portion 122 can be intersecting at the arc of circumference 121 of said contour; alternatively, it can be approximately tangent to the arc of circumference or not to cut it, but be connected to it for example by two tangents 123; in addition, the contour of the end imprints of each of the two lines longitudinal of footprints which are closest respectively to two longitudinal edges of the plate has an arc portion 124 of circumference which also forms part of the contour line of the plate, connected to the line segment part 122 of the outline of the same footprint.

Il faut noter que les segments rectilignes des bords longitudinaux de la plaque ne se limitent pas aux parties en segment de droite du contour de chaque empreinte, chacune de ces parties étant prolongée extérieurement à l'empreinte, en direction de la partie en segment de droite du contour de l'empreinte voisine, sans l'atteindre, par un segment de droite additionnel 101.It should be noted that the straight segments of the longitudinal edges of the plate are not limited to the straight line parts of the contour of each imprint, each of these parts being extended externally to the imprint, towards the line segment part of the contour of the neighboring footprint, without reaching it, by an additional line segment 101.

Les segments rectilignes de chaque bord longitudinal de la plaque sont raccordés l'un à l'autre par une échancrure 102 de la plaque, présentant un fond arqué relié par deux côtés tangents respectivement aux deux segments rectilignes du bord voisins; chacun de ces deux côtés tangents au fond arqué de l'échancrure 102 est sécant à la projection sur la plaque, du pourtour des conteneurs voisins de l'échancrure.The straight segments of each longitudinal edge of the plate are connected to each other by a notch 102 of the plate, having an arched bottom connected by two tangent sides respectively to two straight segments of the neighboring edge; each of these two sides tangent to the arched bottom of the notch 102 intersects the projection on the plate, around the containers near the notch.

Grâce à cette géométrie, le pourtour des conteneurs positionnés par les empreintes en creux déborde des bords longitudinaux de la plaque, d'une partie de contour en arc de circonférence 124 à l'autre incluses, sauf dans le fond arqué des échancrures 102 ; il en résulte que la housse en matière synthétique du paquet n'a pas à épouser les formes du chant des bords longitudinaux de la plaque et en particulier les angles vifs de ce chant, et on peut noter que la matière synthétique, généralement thermorétractable, constituant la housse, ne se rétracte pas entre les conteneurs suffisamment pour venir en contact avec le chant du fond, au demeurant arqué, des échancrures ; ainsi, les risques de déchirure de la housse sont minimisés.Thanks to this geometry, the periphery of the containers positioned by the indentations protrude from the longitudinal edges of the plate, from one part of arcuate circumference 124 to the other included, except in the arched bottom of the notches 102; it follows that the cover in synthetic material of the package does not have to follow the shapes of the song of longitudinal edges of the plate and in particular the sharp corners of this edge, and we can note that synthetic material, generally heat-shrinkable, constituting the cover, does not retract between the enough containers to come into contact with the bottom edge, at remaining arched, notches; thus, the risks of tearing the cover are minimized.

Les régions d'extrémités des bords longitudinaux de la plaque sont des segments rectilignes 103 se raccordant aux parties en arc de circonférence 124 du contour des empreintes, situés dans le prolongement du diamètre des empreintes qui est parallèle au segment de droite 122 de celles-ci.The end regions of the longitudinal edges of the plate are rectilinear segments 103 connecting to the arcuate parts of circumference 124 of the outline of the imprints, located in the extension of the diameter of the imprints which is parallel to the line segment 122 of them.

Parallèlement à chaque bord transversal de la plaque, une ligne de moindre résistance s'étend entre les segments rectilignes 103 des régions d'extrémités des bords longitudinaux ; les deux lignes de moindre résistance définissent ainsi avec le bord libre transversal correspondant de la plaque, deux bandes d'extrémités 104 faisant partie intégrante de la plaque, s'étendant parallèlement l'une à l'autre, pliables autour de la ligne de moindre résistance.Parallel to each transverse edge of the plate, a line of less resistance extends between the straight segments 103 of the regions ends of the longitudinal edges; the two lines of least resistance thus define with the corresponding transverse free edge of the plate, two end strips 104 forming an integral part of the plate, extending parallel to each other, foldable around the line of less resistance.

La ligne de moindre résistance comporte des fentes 105 alignées traversant la plaque de part en part ; entre les fentes 105, des découpes en U 106 délimitant des languettes 107 sont formées par des fentes traversant également la plaque de part en part.The line of least resistance has slots 105 aligned crossing the plate right through; between the slots 105, cut-outs U 106 delimiting tabs 107 are formed by through slots also the plate right through.

Les bandes d'extrémités 104 sont ainsi adaptées pour être pliées à 90° du côté de la face 10 de la plaque qui comporte les empreintes 11, pour constituer des cloisons d'extrémités transversales du paquet ; les extrémités libres des languettes 107 sont alors en saillie du côté opposé de la plaque et permettent un positionnement correct du paquet sur un autre paquet identique.The end strips 104 are thus adapted to be folded to 90 ° on the side of the face 10 of the plate which includes the imprints 11, for constitute partitions of transverse ends of the package; the extremities free tabs 107 are then projecting from the opposite side of the plate and allow correct positioning of the package on another package identical.

Une ou plusieurs empreintes, par exemple, comme sur les figures, deux empreintes disposées symétriquement par rapport au centre de la plaque, sont trouées de part en part par une lumière 13 permettant de lire le code-barres imprimé sous le conteneur positionné dans l'empreinte. Cette lumière peut par exemple présenter la forme d'une ellipse dont le grand axe s'étend dans la même direction que les bords transversaux de la plaque (figure 1) ou que les bords longitudinaux de celle-ci.One or more fingerprints, for example, as in the figures, two indentations arranged symmetrically with respect to the center of the plate, are pierced right through by a light 13 making it possible to read the barcode printed under the container positioned in the imprint. This light can for example have the shape of an ellipse whose major axis extends in the same direction as the transverse edges of the plate (Figure 1) or that the longitudinal edges thereof.

Ainsi, pour former le paquet de récipients, on forme tout d'abord, en creux dans une face 10 de la plaque, des empreintes 11 de positionnement des récipients que l'on constitue chacune en découpant la feuille de revêtement 1 C de cette face 10 de part en part le long d'au moins une ligne de découpe ou en rainant la feuille pour constituer au moins une ligne rainée afin de délimiter la surface de l'empreinte et en écrasant au moins partiellement les ondulations de la feuille 1A en matériau ondulé sur la surface délimitée par ladite au moins une ligne de manière que celle-ci constitue un contour d'empreinte délimitant une surface sous laquelle les ondulations sont au moins partiellement écrasées. So, to form the package of containers, we first form, by hollow in one face 10 of the plate, indentations 11 for positioning containers that are each formed by cutting the sheet of coating 1 C of this face 10 right through along at least one line cutting or creasing the sheet to form at least one creased line in order to delimit the surface of the footprint and by crushing at least partially the corrugations of sheet 1A of corrugated material on the surface delimited by said at least one line so that the latter constitutes an outline of the imprint delimiting a surface under which the ripples are at least partially crushed.

Puis, on dispose des récipients présentant chacun un fond sur la surface de l'empreinte de manière que ce fond soit bordé extérieurement par la ligne de découpe ou rainée.Then, there are containers each having a bottom on the surface of the imprint so that this bottom is bordered externally by the cutting or grooved line.

Enfin, on enveloppe au moins partiellement l'ensemble formé par la plaque et les récipients, au moyen d'une housse en matière synthétique, de préférence une matière thermorétractable.Finally, the assembly formed by the plate and the containers, by means of a plastic cover, preferably a heat-shrinkable material.

Bien entendu, l'invention n'est pas limitée aux formes et au modes de réalisation ci-dessus décrits et représentés, et on pourra en prévoir d'autres sans sortir de son cadre.Of course, the invention is not limited to the forms and the modes of embodiment described and represented above, and provision may be made therefor others without leaving its framework.

Par exemple, on pourra prévoir une forme de réalisation simplifiée dans laquelle la partie de la ligne de contour 12 des empreintes qui constitue en outre une partie de la ligne de contour de la plaque n'est par un segment de droite mais un arc de circonférence, et les échancrures sont également en arc de circonférence, de telle manière que chacun des deux bords longitudinaux de la plaque soit constitué en alternance de segments arqués en sens inverses et se raccordant continûment, par exemple des arcs de circonférence tangents. Une telle forme de réalisation peut être dénuée de bandes d'extrémités, les bords transversaux de la plaque étant alors constitués de la même manière que les bords longitudinaux, en alternance de segments arqués en sens inverses bordant respectivement les empreintes et les échancrures.For example, a simplified embodiment could be provided in which the part of the contour line 12 of the imprints which constitutes furthermore, part of the contour line of the plate is not a segment on the right but an arc of circumference, and the notches are also in an arc of circumference, so that each of the two edges longitudinal of the plate is made up alternately of arcuate segments in opposite directions and connecting continuously, for example arcs of tangent circumference. Such an embodiment can be devoid of end strips, the transverse edges of the plate then being formed in the same way as the longitudinal edges, alternating of arcuate segments in opposite directions respectively bordering the footprints and indentations.

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Plaque de positionnement de récipients comportant une âme constituée au moins d'une feuille (1A) en matériau ondulé et deux feuilles (1B, 1C) de revêtement extérieur constituées chacune en matériau sans ondulations et qui sont collées respectivement de part et d'autre de l'âme, une face (10) de la plaque présentant en creux des empreintes (11) de positionnement des récipients, caractérisée en ce que les empreintes en creux (11) s'étendent chacune sur une surface délimitée par au moins une ligne de contour (12) le long de laquelle la feuille de revêtement extérieur (1C) de ladite face (10) est découpée de part en part ou rainée, surface sous laquelle les ondulations de la feuille (1A) en matériau ondulé sont au moins partiellement écrasées.Positioning plate for containers comprising a core consisting of at least one sheet (1A) of corrugated material and two sheets (1B, 1C) of external coating each made of material without corrugations and which are glued respectively on either side of the core, a face (10) of the plate having hollow recesses (11) for positioning the containers, characterized in that the recessed impressions (11) each extend over a surface delimited by at least one line of contour (12) along which the outer covering sheet (1C) of said face (10) is cut right through or grooved, surface under which the corrugations of the sheet (1A) of corrugated material are at least partially crushed . Plaque de positionnement selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les ondulations sous ladite surface sous laquelle les ondulations sont au moins partiellement écrasées, sont écrasées en totalité.Positioning plate according to claim 1, characterized in that the undulations under said surface under which the undulations are at least partially flattened, are completely flattened. Plaque de positionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisée en ce que la surface sous laquelle les ondulations sont au moins partiellement écrasées est rainée.Positioning plate according to either of Claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the surface under which the corrugations are at least partially flattened is grooved. Plaque de positionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que la surface sous laquelle les ondulations sont au moins partiellement écrasées est en outre délimitée par une deuxième ligne de contour s'étendant intérieurement à la ligne de contour (12) le long de laquelle la feuille de revêtement extérieur (1C) est découpée ou rainée, et cette deuxième ligne de contour est elle même une ligne le long de laquelle cette feuille est découpée de part en part ou rainée.Positioning plate according to any one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the surface under which the corrugations are at least partially flattened is further delimited by a second contour line extending internally to the contour line (12 ) along which the outer covering sheet (1C) is cut or grooved, and this second contour line is itself a line along which this sheet is cut right through or grooved. Plaque de positionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce que la surface sous laquelle les ondulations sont au moins partiellement écrasées s'étend approximativement en forme de couronne circulaire.Positioning plate according to any one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the surface under which the corrugations are at least partially flattened extends approximately in the form of a circular crown. Plaque de positionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisée en ce qu'elle présente des empreintes (11) dont une ou plusieurs parties de la ligne de contour (12) constituent une partie de la ligne de contour de la plaque. Positioning plate according to any one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it has indentations (11) one or more parts of the contour line (12) of which form part of the contour line of the plate . Plaque de positionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte deux bandes d'extrémités (104) faisant partie intégrante de la plaque et s'étendant parallèlement l'une à l'autre, dont un bord libre constitue une partie de la ligne de contour de la plaque et dont un bord parallèle à ce bord libre est constitué par une ligne de moindre résistance adaptée pour constituer une ligne de pliage de la plaque.Positioning plate according to any one of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it comprises two end strips (104) forming an integral part of the plate and extending parallel to one another, one of which free edge constitutes a part of the contour line of the plate and an edge parallel to this free edge is constituted by a line of least resistance adapted to constitute a fold line of the plate. Plaque de positionnement selon la revendication 7, caractérisée en ce que la ligne de moindre résistance comporte des fentes (105) alignées traversant la plaque de part en part.Positioning plate according to claim 7, characterized in that the line of least resistance has slots (105) aligned through the plate right through. Plaque de positionnement selon la revendication 8, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte, entre les fentes (105) alignées, des découpes en U (106) délimitant des languettes (107) et formées par des fentes traversant la plaque de part en part.Positioning plate according to claim 8, characterized in that it comprises, between the aligned slots (105), U-shaped cutouts (106) delimiting tongues (107) and formed by slots passing right through. Plaque de positionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte au moins une et de préférence deux empreintes (11) présentant une lumière (13) approximativement centrale.Positioning plate according to any one of Claims 1 to 9, characterized in that it comprises at least one and preferably two imprints (11) having an approximately central lumen (13). Plaque de positionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisée en ce que les empreintes (11) sont sensiblement en forme de cercles.Positioning plate according to any one of Claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the indentations (11) are substantially in the form of circles. Plaque de positionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisée en ce que la ligne de contour de la plaque comporte des échancrures (102) s'étendant chacune entre des empreintes (11) dont une ou plusieurs parties de la ligne de contour (12) constituent une partie de la ligne de contour de la plaque.Positioning plate according to any one of Claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the contour line of the plate has notches (102) each extending between indentations (11) including one or more parts of the line of contour (12) constitute a part of the contour line of the plate. Plaque de positionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 12, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte au moins un bord constitué en alternance d'un segment rectiligne et d'un segment arqué.Positioning plate according to any one of Claims 1 to 12, characterized in that it comprises at least one edge formed alternately of a straight segment and of an arcuate segment. Plaque de positionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 13, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte au moins un bord constitué en alternance de segments arqués en sens inverses. Positioning plate according to any one of Claims 1 to 13, characterized in that it comprises at least one edge formed alternately of arcuate segments in opposite directions. Plaque de positionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 14, caractérisée en ce qu'elle est constituée de feuilles (1A, 1B, 1C) en carton.Positioning plate according to any one of Claims 1 to 14, characterized in that it consists of sheets (1A, 1B, 1C) of cardboard. Paquet de récipients comportant au moins une plaque de positionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 15, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte des récipients présentant chacun un fond reposant sur la surface d'une empreinte (11) bordée extérieurement par ladite ligne de contour (12), et une housse en matière synthétique entourant au moins partiellement l'ensemble formé par la plaque et les récipients.Package of containers comprising at least one positioning plate according to any one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that it comprises containers each having a bottom resting on the surface of an imprint (11) bordered externally by said line contour (12), and a plastic cover at least partially surrounding the assembly formed by the plate and the containers. Paquet de récipients selon la revendication 16, caractérisé en ce que la housse en matière synthétique est en une matière thermorétractable.Package of containers according to claim 16, characterized in that the plastic cover is made of a heat-shrinkable material. Procédé de formation de paquets de récipients, caractérisé en ce que l'on forme, en creux dans une face (10) d'une plaque comportant une âme constituée au moins d'une feuille (1A) en matériau ondulé et deux feuilles (1B, 1C) de revêtement extérieur constituées chacune en matériau sans ondulations et qui sont collées respectivement de part et d'autre de l'âme, des empreintes (11) de positionnement des récipients que l'on constitue chacune en découpant la feuille de revêtement (1C) de ladite face (10) de part en part le long d'au moins une ligne de découpe ou en rainant la feuille pour constituer au moins une ligne rainée afin de délimiter la surface de l'empreinte (11) et en écrasant au moins partiellement les ondulations de la feuille (1A) en matériau ondulé sous la surface délimitée par ladite au moins une ligne de manière que celle-ci constitue au moins une partie d'une ligne de contour (12) d'empreinte délimitant une surface sous laquelle les ondulations sont au moins partiellement écrasées, on dispose des récipients présentant chacun un fond sur la surface des empreintes (11) de manière que le fond soit bordé au moins extérieurement par la ligne de contour (12), et on enveloppe au moins partiellement l'ensemble formé par la plaque et les récipients au moyen d'une housse en matière synthétique.Method for forming packages of containers, characterized in that a hollow is formed in one face (10) of a plate comprising a core consisting of at least one sheet (1A) of corrugated material and two sheets (1B , 1C) of external covering each made of material without corrugations and which are glued respectively on either side of the core, of the impressions (11) for positioning the containers which are each formed by cutting the covering sheet ( 1C) of said face (10) right through along at least one cutting line or by creasing the sheet to constitute at least one creased line in order to delimit the surface of the imprint (11) and by crushing at at least partially the corrugations of the sheet (1A) of corrugated material under the surface delimited by said at least one line so that the latter constitutes at least part of a contour line (12) of imprint delimiting a surface under which ripples are at least partially crushed, there are receptacles each having a bottom on the surface of the imprints (11) so that the bottom is bordered at least externally by the contour line (12), and the assembly is at least partially wrapped formed by the plate and the containers by means of a plastic cover. Procédé selon la revendication 18, caractérisé en ce que, avant de disposer des récipients sur la surface des empreintes (11), on forme dans la plaque des lignes transversales de moindre résistance, et avant d'envelopper l'ensemble formé par la plaque et les récipients au moyen d'une housse, on plie la plaque, le long de cette ligne de moindre résistance, du côté de la face (10) comportant les empreintes (11), pour constituer des cloisons d'extrémités transversales du paquet.Method according to claim 18, characterized in that , before placing the receptacles on the surface of the impressions (11), transverse lines of less resistance are formed in the plate, and before wrapping the assembly formed by the plate and the containers by means of a cover, the plate is folded, along this line of least resistance, on the side of the face (10) comprising the imprints (11), to constitute partitions of transverse ends of the package.
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